How to get more "Punch" in my Lead guitar tone.

So i've been trying to figure out how to get a tougher lead guitar tone, my rig is Washburn Vindicator plugged to a Laney LX65R and an EHX Pocket Metal Muff, my Riffing tone is great, but my lead tone just isnt good enough for me, so i've been thinking about getting a new pedal or something, or new pickups. what do you guys recommend?

I say an eq pedal. I was fiddling around with one and GOOD GRIEF! I just might have to buy one eventually. It even made the Boss Metal Zone and Metal Core sound good (less treble on the distortion pedal, more mids on the eq). You can take out whatever, put more of something else you need, and even bump up the volume, all at the same time. Will definitely be useful for adding punch.

MXR 10 band in front of the amp. The 10 band is easier to adjust the overall output level than the 6 band. Out front will give you more distortion as you turn up the output of the EQ, put it in the loop if you just want a volume boost and tone change with no extra distortion.